Limbo

== Limbo (Dimension)== Limbo is a dimension that runs parallel to the Human world in DmC. It is controlled by the Demons and the seat of their power.

Description and Nature
The appearance of Limbo tends to vary from location to location. Typically when entered the color palate of the world is enriched and greater variety is added to the color spectrum. Living beings in the real world apear as phantoms in Limbo. There seems to be a constant wind blowing in Limbo that is filled with particle effects. It's appearance can vary dramatically with twisted buildings, massive oceans, floating statues and even an inverted city.

The exact nature of Limbo is difficult to describe at this time. Initially it was was seen as a distorted version of the Human world, but latter stages seem to reveal something more. In one instance Dante dives off a bridge into the water below, but isntead seems to crash through glass into Limbo itself, where everything is inverted, making Limbo a true distorted relfection of the City

Demonic Control
It is currently unknown if the Demons are native to Limbo or if they merely occupy it. Either way they hold domination over the dimension and use if to control the world of Humans. Here the lies the Demons spread are revealed. An add for "Candie's" hamburgers becomes "GLUTTONY IS GOOD" and "Home Loans for You" becomes "HOMELESS FOR YOU". Word such as these seem to Instances of demonic control are everywhere but are most pronounced when the world itself tries to kill Dante, using a power called Malice, which all powerful demons can weild. The city (or the demons controlling it) has the power to smash walls together, close alleys, tilt the ground and tear up streets, leaving bottomless pits. It also spawns enemies to kill Dante like white blood cells. It is unclear how these changes within the demon dimension affect the human facade, but it is shown that Dante causes severe damage to the human dimension as he exits Limbo.

The Demons constantly watch the populace through CCTV cameras which are revealed to be eyes on long stalks in Limbo. These are responsible for pulling Dante into the parallel world and trapping him there. This forces Dante to kill them as he progresses through the city until he can find a way out, possibly requiring the help of a powerful psychic like Kat to locate them.

Hte source of demonic power in Limbo seems to be comming from one individual who knew Dante's father.

Human Interaction
Wether Humans or Human/Demon hybrids can control Limbo is currently unknown. Trailers have shown Kat seeing and communicating with Dante in Limbo, and locating exit points for him, but little beyond this to suggest an ability to manipulate the terrain as Demons can. A recent trailer shows Kat using a device of some kind to open a portal to Limbo for Dante to enter.

It seems that human souls can be trapped in Limbo, as evidenced by an entity called a "Lost Soul" in a recent trailer as well as several shades seen by Dante that seem to be writing in anguish. At some point in the game Kat appears to be fatally wounded with her soul trapped in Limbo, causing contention between Dante and Vergil as to wether or not to risk their plans to save her.

The Demonic control of the Human World is contested by at least one organization, called The Order, headed and financed by Vergil. The logo of the Order is a mask worn by Vergil and a globe with several points extending from it. This seems to imply that the Order has bases around the world and that Limbo City is not the only center of demonic control.

Vergil has revealed that Mundus doesn't know of Vergil's existance and thus he intends to keep hidden until the Order is ready to strike, hinting at an intended final confrontation between Mundus and the Sons of Sparda.

BackgroundEdit
In Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, Limbo is the first circle of Hell that Dante and Virgil enter. Limbo is portrayed as being an area where virtuous pagans reside in. Although the virtuous pagans in Limbo are shown to be good-natured individuals compared to the heretics of the sixth circle of Hell, their lack of Christian faith prevented them from entering Paradiso. This seems to parallel the lost souls found in the Limbo dimension, like Kat.